A local business was briefly caught up in a “swatting” incident dotting North America today as dire emails warned businesses and agencies across the country to pay a $20,000 Bitcoin ransom or face the consequences – a bomb that had already been planted.
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Kilgore Fire Department responded to a fire at Tanline tanning salon at 218 N Kilgore St. around noon Friday. Smoke billowed from the building as emergency personnel entered to extinguish the flames while onlookers watched from the street and sidewalks.
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